Dave Medeiros

Q:   Where can single men over the age of 70 find younger women who are interested in them?	A:   Try a bookstore, under Fiction
Q:   What can a man do while his wife is going through menopause?	A:   Keep busy. If you're handy with tools, you can finish the basement. When you're done, you will have a place to live
Q:   How can you increase the heart rate of your over-70 year-old husband?	A:   Tell him you're pregnant.
Q:   How can you avoid that terrible curse of the elderly wrinkles?	A:   Take off your glasses.
Q:   Why should 70-plus year old people use valet parking?	A:   Valets don't forget where they park your car
Q:   Is it common for 70-plus year olds to have problems with short term memory storage?	A:   Storing memory is not a problem. Retrieving it is the problem.
Q:   As people age, do they sleep more soundly?	A:   Yes, but usually in the afternoon.
Q:   Where should 70-plus year olds look for eye glasses?	A:   On their foreheads.
Q:   What is the most common remark made by 70-plus year olds when they enter antique stores?	A:   "Gosh, I remember these!"
SMILE, You've still got your sense of humor,    haven't you?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles "Chuck" Morris

Dave Medeiros

 

It's almost 2021, I'm  73 + years old and I still have so many unanswered questions!!!!

I haven’t found out who let the dogs out ... or

where’s the beef ... or

how to get to Sesame Street ... or

why Dora doesn’t just use Google Maps?

Why do all flavors of fruit loops taste exactly the same ... and

how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsiepop?

Why are  eggs packaged in a flimsy carton, but batteries are secured in plastic that’s tough as nails?

Why is “abbreviated”  such a long word ...

why is there a D in ‘fridge’ but not in refrigerator...

why is  lemon juice made with artificial flavor yet dish-washing liquid is made with real lemons...

why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections...

why do you have to “put your two cents in”, but it’s only a “penny for your thoughts” ... where’s that extra penny going to...

why does The Alphabet Song and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star have the same tune...

and just what exactly is Victoria’s secret ...

where is Waldo?...

Can you hear me now?

 

Jack (John) Nunes

Wishing everyone a better year with family and friends. 

Ray Ferreira

Wishing everyone a safe, healthy and Happy New Year in 2021.

Dave Medeiros

Dave Medeiros

What year was this?   Can anyone figure it out?  Year and make of cars?  Mayor (Ed Harrington?) 

Athena Medeiros (Adams)

Robert Feingold

Dave,

there is a big hint on the year of the photo. there is a big sign for the YMCA Building Fund Campaign. I will find out what year the YMCA was built and figure that construction began two years before that and the fund raising began two years before that. My recollection was that it opened in 1967 or thereabouts, but not sure. I will find out and post the results. I believe there is a plaque up on the wall that should give us that date.

Robert Feingold

The Plaque on the wall of the Y says the YMCA was opened in 1972. So if the construction took 2 years and the fundraising took 2 years. the year of the photo would have been 1968. But I could be wrong by 6 months for each estimate. So let's say 1968 or 1969.

Robert Feingold

Graduation-Walk-1967-Spinner-Publications (1)

Dave,

When you save the photo, the above words appear. 

Apparently, the photo came from Spinner and is says its the Graduation Walk of 1967. 

I recognize Dr Paul Walsh, Superintendent McFaden and Ed Harrington.

Bob

Guiomar Andrade

Hi Dave,

Bob's comment about this picture is correct.  However, the only car that is recognizable is either a 1961 or 62 Chevrolet Impala.  If you recall, I use to drive a 62 Impala to school during our Senior year after my dad made me sell my 57 Chevy to help pay to go to college that fall.  Also, it appears to me that the young woman on the left side in front might be our classmate Chris Izyk Gaspar.

John Capitao

This photo appears on the NBHS Class of 1967 Reunion Facebook page.

David Mesquita

I also recognize my aunt who was on the school committee at that time.  ln fact, she presented me with my diploma at the graduation in '65

Rosalyn Tabachnik (Schneid)

Dave,  The historical info you send, no matter humorous or serious , brings me back to when life was so much simpler.  Thanks so much for those glorious memories.  Keep them coming.

David Mesquita

Yes, it's that magical time of year again when the Darwin Awards are bestowed,   honoring the   least evolved   among us.

 

Here is the glorious winner:

1.  When his .38 caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked.

 

And now, the honorable mentions:

2.  The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat cutting machine and after a little shopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company expecting negligence sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and he also lost a finger.. The chef's claim was approved.

 

3.  A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.

 

4.  After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.

 

5.  An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.

 

6.  A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer... $15. (If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?)

 

7.  Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So, he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape.

 

8.  As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, “Yes, officer, that's her That's the lady I stole the purse from."

 

9.  The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti, Michigan at 5 A.M., flashed a gun, and demanded cash.  The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast.. The frustrated gunman walked away.
(*A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER)

 

10.  When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street by sucking on a hose, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline, but he plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had and the
perp had been punished enough!

 

In the interest of bettering mankind, please share these with friends and family.... unless of course one of these individuals by chance is a distant relative or a long lost friend. In that case, be glad they are distant and hope they remain lost.

Dave Medeiros

A bit of history ....

 

He was from New Bedford.

Carney Academy is named for him.

Dave Medeiros

A video of the 'old' New Bedford High School (Compliments of the Class of '67)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3eNhbnn4A0

James Casey

Dave...great posts here! You may be aware that Carl Cruz, who worked with me in the Trial Court for over 35 years is a direct descendant of Sgt. Carney. He's written about him and several years back he actually wore the period Civil War Uniform and modeled for liquor advertising that featured great American Heroes on the advertising. I have to show you the poster. Great finally seeing you on Wednesday. The boys are standing strong! Hope you can make it for lunch on the 24th of June. Thanks!  Jim  

Maria de Melo (Gulla)

Thanks for sharing these wonderful posts.  

Dave Medeiros

LOOKING BACK .... some childhood memories

REMEMBER WHEN ....

It took three minutes for the TV to warm up? If you had one!

 
Nobody owned a purebred dog?

When a quarter was a decent allowance? And made with real Silver!

You'd reach into a muddy gutter for a penny?  Made with real copper! Looking to see if it was a 1943 copper penny!

 You got your windshield cleaned, oil checked, and gas pumped, without asking, all for free, every time?  And you didn't pay for air? And, you got trading stamps to boot?

Laundry detergent had free glasses, dishes or towels hidden inside the box?  Not to mention Cracker Jacks!

It was considered a great privilege to be taken out to dinner at a real restaurant with your parents?

They threatened to keep kids back a grade if they failed...and they did it!

When a 57 Chevy was everyone's dream car...to cruise, peel out, lay rubber or watch submarine races, and people went steady 

 No one ever asked where the car keys were because they were always in the car, in the ignition, and the doors were never locked?

Lying on your back in the grass with your friends and saying things like, 'That cloud looks like a...'?

Playing baseball with no adults to help kids with the rules of the game?

 Stuff from the store came without safety caps and hermetic seals because no one had yet tried to poison a perfect stranger?
 

And with all our progress, don't you just wish, just once, you could slip back in time and savor the slower pace, and share it with the children of today.

When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited the student at home?

 Basically we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive-by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc. Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat!  But we survived because their love was greater than the threat.
 

 
as well as summers filled with bike rides, Hula hoops, and visits to the pool, and eating Kool-Aid powder with sugar.
 

Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, 'Yeah, I remember that'?
 

Do you remember Howdy Doody and The Peanut Gallery, the Lone Ranger, The Shadow knows, Nellie Bell, Roy and Dale, Trigger and Buttermilk.

 Candy cigarettes
 

 Wax Coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside.

 Soda pop machines that dispensed glass bottles.   

Coffee shops with Table Side Jukeboxes.
Blackjack, Clove, and Teaberry chewing gum.

 Home milk delivery in glass bottles with cardboard stoppers.
 

 
Telephone numbers with a word prefix...( WYman 2601).

Or, some of us remember when there were just 4 numbers with no word prefix at all.

And, nearly everyone had a party line.

Peashooters

Hi-Fi's & 45 RPM records.

78 RPM records!

S&H Green Stamps.

Mimeograph paper.

 The Fort Apache Play Set.

Do You Remember a Time When...decisions were made by going 'eeny-meeny-miney-moe'?
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, 'Do Over!'?   

Catching The Fireflies Could Happily Occupy An Entire Evening?

It wasn't odd to have two or three 'Best Friends'?

Having a Weapon in School meant being caught with a Slingshot? 

 Saturday morning cartoons weren't 30-minute commercials for action figures?

 'Oly-oly-oxen-free' made perfect sense?

 Spinning around, getting dizzy, and falling down was cause for giggles?
 

The Worst Embarrassment was being picked last for a team?
 

 
War was a card game?

 Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle?
 

Taking drugs meant orange - flavored chewable aspirin?

 Water balloons were the ultimate weapon?
 

If you can remember most or all of these, Then You Have Lived!!!!!!!
 

Raymond Veary

Great memories! Thanks, Dave.

Nancy Otis (Cusson)

These are great.  Thanks

Guiomar Andrade

Fabulous, treasured memories.  Well done, Dave.  Thanks for sharing.

Claire Dufresne (England)

Wow!!  What memories.  Thanks, Dave.  Made me laugh.  Really enjoyed it!